. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. s unexcelled water power, while inexhaustiblesupplies of artesian water are to be found at a depth of from forty to twohundred feet. The city has, in fact, the finest water supply of any in UtahTerritory. Provo has a fine public school system and is the seat of the TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 65 Brigham Young Academy, which was amply endowed by the first Presidentof the Mormon Church, from whom the school takes its name. Its churchesand publi
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. s unexcelled water power, while inexhaustiblesupplies of artesian water are to be found at a depth of from forty to twohundred feet. The city has, in fact, the finest water supply of any in UtahTerritory. Provo has a fine public school system and is the seat of the TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 65 Brigham Young Academy, which was amply endowed by the first Presidentof the Mormon Church, from whom the school takes its name. Its churchesand public buildings, including an opera house, are a credit to its people,who are of a literary tasfe and inclined to liberality of thought. Utah Lake,a fine body of fresh water, lies to the southwest, and to the north and eastare the Wasatch Mountains. Farming, horticulture and the raising ofcattle and sheep are tributary industries, while in the town are large sawmills, flouring mills and woolen mills, the most extensive in Utah. Utah Lake. Mention has already been made of this beautiful bodyof water, but the statistical traveler may want to know something more. TRAMWAY IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANON. definite about its dimensions. The lake is thirty miles lung, six miles wide,and is fed by the American Fork, Spanish Fork and Provo Rivers, andSalt, Peteetweet and Hobble Creeks. Its outlet is the Jordan River which,flowing northward, empties into Great Salt Lake. There are plenty of fishin Utah Lake, chiefly trout and mullet. American Fork. On the western extremity of Utah Lake, isAmerican Fork, a thriving town beautifully situated and embowered intrees. Agricultural and pastoral industries are tributary to its prosperity.(Population, 1,800. Distance from Denver, 685 miles, Elevation, 4,567feet.) 66 OVER THE RANGE. Lehi. Three miles from American Fork is Lehi, another thrivingtown also on Utah Lake. Fruit and shade trees abound and make thetown a place of sylvan beauty. The same industrie
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